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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Joe Wright’s Peter Panorigin story starring Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard andGarret Hedlund as Hook has potentially found its Tiger Lilly. If negotiations work out, the iconic role of the young Native American princess will be played by none other than Irish-Italian actress Rooney Mara. The film is being billed as a “new take on the classic story,” and in this case, that “new take” extends the old tale of Hollywood whitewashing characters of color. (Recently, Johnny Depp tried to skirt controversy by being “formally adopted” by the Comanche Indians before playing Tonto in the Lone Ranger film.)http://www.avclub.com/article/today-hollywood-whitewashing-rooney-mara-cast-tige-202134

Sunday, March 9, 2014

http://www.politicalislam.com For a version with English Subtitles: http://www.mrctv.org/videos/bill-warn...
The history of Islam in Europe and how it effects us to this day.
This is a history based on numbers and facts that you may not see
anywhere else and explains why we may be afraid to see Islam for what it
is based on its own doctrine and practice.

Melbourne: It has been a long ordeal for Manrajwinder
Singh and his family. The latest victim of targeted attack on Indians
in Melbourne was released from hospital over two months after he was
admitted in intensive care for injuries he sustained in a brutal attack.

Police released CCTV footage which shows the 20-year-old being
punched in the face and beaten with a stick by teenagers. Police say the
attackers were a part of a gang 'KYR' or Kill Your Rivals.

Manrajwinder's
shocked family doesn't know whether to stay back in Australia or move
back to India. Doctors say it will take at least a year for him to
recover. His younger brother Yadwinder Singh, also a citizen of
Australia, says the attack has forced him to think if it is a safe
country. "I will be staying here till the treatment of my brother, but
after that, I may just decide to leave Australia," says Yadwinder.

But
this is not an isolated case. Manrajwinder's attack was the latest in a
series of attacks on Indians in 2009 and 2010 that triggered massive
protests by the community. Australia - and Melbourne city in particular -
was accused of being racist and unsafe.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Muslim fundamentalists in London have threatened to behead a fellow British Muslim after he posted aninnocuous image of Mohammed and Jesus on his Twitter account.

The death threats against Maajid Nawaz, a Liberal Democrat Party candidate for British Parliament, add to agrowing number of cases in which Islamists are using intimidation tactics to restrict the free speech rights of fellow Muslims in Europe. (Efforts to silence non-Muslims are well documented.)

Nawaz—a former member of the Islamist revolutionary group Hizb ut-Tahrir and co-founder of the Quilliam Foundation, a London-based counter-extremism think-tank—on January 12 posted on Twitter a cartoon of Mohammed and Jesus greeting one another ("Hey" and "How ya doin'?") with the caption: "This Jesus & Mo @JandMo cartoon is not offensive&I'm sure God is greater than to feel threatened by it الله أكبر منه".

Not in the mood for debate, furious Muslims responded by bullying and issuing threats of violence—including beheading—and also launched a petition (it quickly garnered more than 20,000 signatures) to have Nawaz deselected as a candidate for parliament.

Labour Party Councilor Yaqub Hanif of Luton, a town situated 50 km (30 miles) north of London and known as theIslamic extremist capital of Britain, said the depictions of Mohammed were "totally unacceptable" to Muslims and called on Nawaz to step down.